About Pen and Fork

Pen & Fork™ is a food blog about cooking and eating — at home and in restaurants — and everywhere in between. Find recipes, cooking tips, cookbook reviews, practical how-to cooking techniques plus articles on the latest food trends and other culinary finds.

Gwen Ashley Walters, Editor and Publisher:

Short Version:

Gwen Ashley Walters is a food journalist, a professionally trained chef, a Certified Culinary Professional and author of three award-winning cookbooks. She writes about food for a number of print and digital publications.

Long version:

Born to journalist parents, it was only a matter of time before Gwen settled into a rewarding food writing career.

An honors graduate of the Scottsdale Culinary Institute, she honed her cooking skills in commercial kitchens such as the renowned Boulders Resort in Carefree, Arizona before trading her chef’s knife for a pen.

Author of three award-winning cookbooks featuring renowned U.S. resorts, she has taught cooking classes across the country and her recipes have been featured in numerous print and digital outlets.

A former restaurant critic, she currently writes monthly food stories for PHOENIX Magazine, including a themed restaurant column and a local product column. She also writes food articles and chef profiles for Sun Valley Magazine and their bi-annual dining guide.

She wrote anonymous restaurant critiques (back when that was fashionable) for PHOENIX Magazine from 2008 to 2014, and for The Arizona Republic from 2006 to 2008. Her recipes and articles have appeared in national magazines such as Cooking Light and Sunset. She was a features writer for Edible PHOENIX for eight years. She has reported on the Phoenix dining scene for Epicurious.com and Grub Street. Gwen is also a contributing author to the cookbook Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods (2010).

Pen and Fork’s Cookbook Reviewer

Linda Avery is a James Beard award-winning former food editor. She is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI), and splits her time between Chicago and Arizona. Linda has been writing cookbook reviews for Pen & Fork since 2010.

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